[SOLVED] Gigabyte MotherBd and Linux Drivers

[one2busy]

one2busy here,

Just got a Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P Mb and Core i5 750.

Originally had XP, then Win7, then Win7 64bit ..... all work fine.

Tried to install Ubuntu 10.04, when partition section popped up
it did not detect either of my Hitachi SATA drives..... Then,

I went to the website and the website for this Bd, at the bottom of the page,

it says that 3rd party drivers are needed for linux.


Does anybody know anything about this?

Where can I get them, etc???

one2busy

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

SATA drives are well supported by Ubuntu and almost all other Linux distros. Problem is in chipset support only. Have you tried any other Linux distro?

[one2busy]

Thanks for the reply.

Ive tried PC Linux 2007, PC BSD 7, Ubuntu 9.04, 10.04

All stop, but Ubuntu stops at screen for partitioning.
There are no drives detected.

Funny that I had 'no drives detected with Windows 7 Acronis Backup and restore 10 Workstation also, before
I was trying to install Linux.

I went to the Intel site for Chipsets, P55 Express, but did not find any info or O/S's.

What do I do next?????
one2busy

[devils casper]

Boot up from Ubuntu LiveCD and execute this in Terminal :

sudo fdisk -l
hdparm -I /dev/sda

Post output here.

* Its small L in fdisk -l and capital I in hdparm.

[one2busy]

Boot up from Ubuntu LiveCD and execute this in Terminal :

sudo fdisk -l
hdparm -I /dev/sda

Post output here.

* Its small L in fdisk -l and capital I in hdparm.

results are:
sudo fdisk -l (no results)

hdparm -I /dev/sda = "nor file or directory"

Sorry for the late reply... got sidetracked on other systems

[whych]

When they say about linux and chipset vendors, they mean that you need to go to the chipset vendor for linux drivers.
Usually this means support for things like video cards and such where the vendor supplies linux support but it is not open source.
Like devils casper said, usually sata is auto-detected in most linux distros.
Also gigabyte are pretty reliable mb's and support linux.
Are you running a raid system by some chance?
Also how are the disks set up/detected in the bios?

[one2busy]

Hi whych, here's my config: Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P with Intel Core i5 2.66 ghz, 8gigs DDR3 ram. I have two Hitachi SATA drives (drive 0 208g, drive 1 1TB). I am NOT using any RAID system. I'm not sue how the disks are detected in bios. How can I determine this? Check the BIOS?

Ed

[Segfault]

Debian HCL; Debian GNU/Linux device driver check & report will tell you what driver works with your SATA controller.

[one2busy]

Hi again whych, I rebooted my system and checked how disks are detected. Both are set at [auto].

In the Std CMOS list there are IDE Channels 0 thru 9, and the drive 0 is on IDE 6 Channel Master, while the drive 1 is IDE 7 Channel Master.

Is this the correct way?

Ed

[Segfault]

Your drives will be seen when kernel support for your SATA controller is enabled.
You can post your lspci -n here if in doubt.